I love established bands who have being going for a while and continue to make brilliant music throughout and don't sell out to the mainstream shit just to sell records. They enjoy what they do and they get by on it. This is what I believe Idlewild have done; I personally love their music the way it flows from verse to chorus to verse. The lyrics are also beautifully and intriguingly written I think that every time I hear/read them I gleam another meaning from them "contracting American dream" certainly is like catching a disease the win eat all costs ethic and the riches ideology they have is very concerning in the way riches are all that seem to matter. Roddy Woomble is now partaking on his own journey alone and has taken a slightly more folk turn to his work. The accent that comes through in they're songs is wonderful, adds a nice bit of regionality to the music although the accent isn't as strong as Paolo Nutini's it is still a refreshing, glorious sound that I personally find very appealing. Scottish comes in a close third after South African and Irish for me.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Monday, 30 May 2011
My Yvonne-Jack Penate
Monday 30th May 2011
So here it goes, you ready for a different song every day? I could probably do about 4 a day and still continue this my whole life however I shall limit myself to one.
If I could make a job out of reviewing music I would be living the dream life! Maybe a radio presenter but for now I shall do this in my spare time.
Onto the song of the day, pretty emotional and not the best lyrics but he has an incredibly versatile voice and there are many interpretations available to this song, despite the fact it is obviously quite personal to the lyricist. Jack Penate recently tweeted about Keats love letters to Fanny and it made me think that he is a modern day poet, as most lyricists are (I would not say that "Mims" is a lyricist when the best lyrics he can concoct up are "I'm hot cause I'm fly, you ain't cause you're not"-very insightful and meaningful). This song is perhaps the most keatsian of them all as it talks of forests and castles-very mystical. He has incredible diversity in his voice from an almost rapping style at high speed to this more delicate and slow lullabies like this. I am great respect for singer songwriters who obviously have a love for what they do and research their artform whether it be a chore or a pleasure (for Penate his like of poetry does not appear a chore). So with upbeat, lyrically beautiful songs Jack is the lad for almost anyone; a true master of his craft. He also doesn't appear to be arrogant and is reserved and modest, thankfully.
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